Melrose High School

Bernard O'Connell “Bernie”

Bernard O'Connell (“Bernie”) is one of 195 graduates in the class of 1932 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1932 yearbook entry gives: came from St. Mary’s School; a write-up.

Class of 1932

195 in the class of 1932 · 73 more named O'Connell

Full name: Bernard O'Connell
Known as: Bernie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1932
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Europe, to secure his musical education
Ambition: “To be a successful piano player”

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Same surname 68
Classmates 194
Same schools 7

In context

Bernard O'Connell is number 120 of 195 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1932 on this site. Bernard's portrait is on scan page 71, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 15 to 99. Count the first names and the class of 1932 gives Eleanor (9), Barbara (6) and Dorothy (6), where the class of 1934 gives Henry (5) and Robert (5). Plans for a college or university made up 52% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1932 (26 of 50), against 57% in 1931.

On the same scan page	Mary Nutter, Quinn O'Leary

What the yearbook said

Bernard O’Connell arrived at M. H. S. in the year 1928 from St. Mary’s School. When he arrived, he was a bit shy, but to see him around the corridors after school you wouldn’t think so now. Bernard wants to be a successful piano player; so he is going to secure his musical education in Europe. Bernard says that when he graduates from Melrose High, he is going to work for a few years, and then start on his musical tour of Europe. Well, Bernie, we hope you have a world of success.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1932, page 71. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1932melr).

Published 1932. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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